WSL is pretty good, and keeps getting better little by little. It's no where near perfect.
I use WSL nearly everywhere I used to use CMD, and it works like a champ because I'm more familiar with the core tools. Windows doesn't have an x server built in, but if you install one like xming, you can run a handfull of graphical applications. (I've used gedit, geany, and a few others... I've test several that work pretty wonky, and there are several that just won't run)
It would be nice if ~ would take you to your windows profile directory, but most of my gripes with that are taken care of now that symlinks work, and I can just link the things I want access to.
It works good for pushing/pulling code to git, SSHing into servers, having access to a full set of the command line tools I am familiar with (and working how I'm used to them working vs. the hit-and-miss I get on my Mac Mini - I've fixed some of that by installing the latest core tools through brew) the Clipboard of the Windows console window that WSL runs in is a pain...but I'm getting used to it. (The Mac gives the best clipboard integration of all three)
At this point, I'm able to work on Window/Linux/Mac comfortably, and use a pretty similar tool set on all three. (although, Adobe tools are only on my Windows and Macs...and if you know Adobe tools, Gimp/Krita/Pinta/etc make you much less productive... it's like trying to change your gait while walking)
In all, my only major gripe with any of the platforms is that on my Windows and Linux boxes, I'm proficient at touch-typing, and the key commands are in my muscle memory. On my Mac, I have to slow down and think about what I'm pressing... and for some reason they key-placement on the Apple keyboard screws up regular typing.
Apple isn't going to kill cash with... 1. A Market share that fluctuates between 40% to 60% market share from generation to generation. 2. People who still use terms like "Davenport" and "Ice Box" 3. People who still use flip phones. 4. Anyone who doesn't want to be tracked.
I know several people who refuse to have cellular devices or bank cards because they would rather pay their bills in cash, or by converting cash into a money order and sending it.
As for digital payment services for brick-and-mortar stores, the only one I have ever liked was tied to the store's POS system, and didn't require me to screw around with my phone at the checkout to pay. I just put my finger on a reader, entered a pin, and used one of the payment methods I had previously stored in their system.
I wish there was a CUPS layer for Windows, so we could install it as a driver and just use the tinly little PPD like other Operating systems do rather than the 600-900Mb monstrosities that manufacturers provide as drivers.
My Droid RAZR Maxx has all of this... but I would love to have a slide out keyboard. Even more, I would love all of this in a waterproof, more rugged case. (I really don't want to need an otterbox since it increases the size of the phone) If my hiking GPS can do this, why can't my more expensive phone?
They die quickly when you buy them from OCZ... then when you RMA them, they say they'll replace it, never do, and hope you just forget about it or something.
It was the mid-80s, most of the computer labs were loaded with Apple IIe and TRS (Trash) -80 computers. The school was just starting to explore computing and most of what we had was Oregon Trail and Math Blaster. There was also the occasional "What will you be when you grow up" or Myers-Briggs Type Indicator but that was the meat of it for most students. I was lucky enough to have extremely bad handwriting, so they put me in a special computer class where I learned typing and mouse use on one of the few Macintosh computers the school had at the time. It was enough to get me hooked, but the TI/99 was in storage, and we didn't get a home computer until 1991. It was a Tandy 1000 and was fun to do what was included at first, then I messed it up and watched one of my parents' friends who was an expert recover it. After that, I really started experimenting and learning QBasic, Batch Files, 4DOS, and anything else I could get my hands on.
In High school, all we ever used computers for was typing, graphing, and some CAD in shop class. I did everything else on my own. The coolest thing I got from school was one of my math textbooks had BASIC programs for working through the problems, and I was able to relate it to actual use.
rsync + ssh + cron + a tunnel between the computers you want to sync
You might also want a manual update script to update between cron syncs.... or better yet.... write your manual update script and have cron call it for easy maintenance.
So..which is it? Simple or sophisticated? Or simple?
You are under estimating modern intelligence. Sophisticated these days doesn't mean what it did back in the golden days of computing.
Now days, you can be considered sophisticated if you are simply observant. I see it day in and day out being a web developer and the company's "IT guy"
I wonder if Citibank pays it's web developers more than what I make a year. I consider my user systems simplistic, but they authenticate the session on every page and will only give you your own data.
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I have a nasty feeling that by the time I retire, with inflation, $1 million won't buy quite as much as $1 million will buy today.
WSL is pretty good, and keeps getting better little by little. It's no where near perfect.
I use WSL nearly everywhere I used to use CMD, and it works like a champ because I'm more familiar with the core tools.
Windows doesn't have an x server built in, but if you install one like xming, you can run a handfull of graphical applications. (I've used gedit, geany, and a few others... I've test several that work pretty wonky, and there are several that just won't run)
It would be nice if ~ would take you to your windows profile directory, but most of my gripes with that are taken care of now that symlinks work, and I can just link the things I want access to.
It works good for pushing/pulling code to git, SSHing into servers, having access to a full set of the command line tools I am familiar with (and working how I'm used to them working vs. the hit-and-miss I get on my Mac Mini - I've fixed some of that by installing the latest core tools through brew) the Clipboard of the Windows console window that WSL runs in is a pain...but I'm getting used to it. (The Mac gives the best clipboard integration of all three)
At this point, I'm able to work on Window/Linux/Mac comfortably, and use a pretty similar tool set on all three. (although, Adobe tools are only on my Windows and Macs...and if you know Adobe tools, Gimp/Krita/Pinta/etc make you much less productive... it's like trying to change your gait while walking)
In all, my only major gripe with any of the platforms is that on my Windows and Linux boxes, I'm proficient at touch-typing, and the key commands are in my muscle memory. On my Mac, I have to slow down and think about what I'm pressing... and for some reason they key-placement on the Apple keyboard screws up regular typing.
Get off my lawn!
...and just after I wasted my mod points
There Microsoft goes stealing features from Macs again. First the GUI, then the App Store, now this!
It's enough to make me melt down about all of the innovation they steal from the best tech company out there!
>:P
My box of guns was stolen you insensitive clod!
Get this, and keep it on your NAS.
https://support.microsoft.com/...
Apple isn't going to kill cash with ...
1. A Market share that fluctuates between 40% to 60% market share from generation to generation.
2. People who still use terms like "Davenport" and "Ice Box"
3. People who still use flip phones.
4. Anyone who doesn't want to be tracked.
I know several people who refuse to have cellular devices or bank cards because they would rather pay their bills in cash, or by converting cash into a money order and sending it.
As for digital payment services for brick-and-mortar stores, the only one I have ever liked was tied to the store's POS system, and didn't require me to screw around with my phone at the checkout to pay. I just put my finger on a reader, entered a pin, and used one of the payment methods I had previously stored in their system.
Hans? Is that you, Mr. Reiser?
All I need to do is make a jumbo-sized tinfoil hat for my car.
I'm hoping Facebook will be defunct by the time I kick.
Around here, they don't steal the cellphone because it is valuable. They steal it so they have more of a head start before you can call the police.
I wish there was a CUPS layer for Windows, so we could install it as a driver and just use the tinly little PPD like other Operating systems do rather than the 600-900Mb monstrosities that manufacturers provide as drivers.
Somehow I envision a Wikipedia of maps
Like http://wikimapia.org/ ?
Having worked for a non-profit, all I can say is... that's nice but who donates hardware that Win8.1 can run on?
As of 2009, the fastest computer at the org I was volunteering at was 1.2GHz with 512Mb of memory.
My Droid RAZR Maxx has all of this... but I would love to have a slide out keyboard. Even more, I would love all of this in a waterproof, more rugged case. (I really don't want to need an otterbox since it increases the size of the phone) If my hiking GPS can do this, why can't my more expensive phone?
If you don't sneak it, and just act like you know what you are doing, you could probably have even gotten them to help you carry it out.
The next step is SAAS....
They die quickly when you buy them from OCZ... then when you RMA them, they say they'll replace it, never do, and hope you just forget about it or something.
http://goo.gl/H34U6
It was the mid-80s, most of the computer labs were loaded with Apple IIe and TRS (Trash) -80 computers. The school was just starting to explore computing and most of what we had was Oregon Trail and Math Blaster. There was also the occasional "What will you be when you grow up" or Myers-Briggs Type Indicator but that was the meat of it for most students. I was lucky enough to have extremely bad handwriting, so they put me in a special computer class where I learned typing and mouse use on one of the few Macintosh computers the school had at the time. It was enough to get me hooked, but the TI/99 was in storage, and we didn't get a home computer until 1991. It was a Tandy 1000 and was fun to do what was included at first, then I messed it up and watched one of my parents' friends who was an expert recover it. After that, I really started experimenting and learning QBasic, Batch Files, 4DOS, and anything else I could get my hands on.
In High school, all we ever used computers for was typing, graphing, and some CAD in shop class. I did everything else on my own. The coolest thing I got from school was one of my math textbooks had BASIC programs for working through the problems, and I was able to relate it to actual use.
Try the IdolPad Plus - http://www.idolian.com/OnlineCatalog/IdolPad_Plus-details.aspx
I got one, it has ICS, Google Play, and works pretty good.
Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, and my hate for Apple as a company.
Alternatively ... http://fak3r.com/geek/howto-build-your-own-open-source-dropbox-clone/
rsync + ssh + cron + unlimited web hosting (that allows ssh access)
or
rsync + ssh + cron + a tunnel between the computers you want to sync
You might also want a manual update script to update between cron syncs.... or better yet.... write your manual update script and have cron call it for easy maintenance.
So..which is it? Simple or sophisticated? Or simple?
You are under estimating modern intelligence. Sophisticated these days doesn't mean what it did back in the golden days of computing.
Now days, you can be considered sophisticated if you are simply observant. I see it day in and day out being a web developer and the company's "IT guy"
I wonder if Citibank pays it's web developers more than what I make a year. I consider my user systems simplistic, but they authenticate the session on every page and will only give you your own data.